Law faculty exam paper repeated, DU orders probe

Law faculty exam paper repeated, DU orders probe

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New Delhi:18.06.2021

First-year students of Delhi University’s Faculty of Law who sat for their Law of Contract paper on June 16 were shocked to find that they had got the same question paper as their seniors did for their exam in December 2020. The exam was held through online open book examination format.

The law faculty has formed a committee to investigate the lapse.

One of the candidates, Shwet Kumar Singh, said that he was shocked to see the same set of questions and was unsure if he had to attempt the paper. He had seen last year’s paper while preparing for his exam. “When second-year students gave the exam in December, they had received the exact same six questions. I and my classmates first thought that it was a mistake and complained about it but we got no answers from anyone,” said Singh.

Vivek Raj, a second-year student, said that “those who appeared for their improvement exam in December would have never thought that the paper would be repeated. The 100-mark question paper had six questions, of which students had to attempt four. All the questions were exactly the same. The only difference was the date of the exam.”

He added, “These types of things can ruin the reputation of the law faculty.”

DS Rawat, dean of exams, said that “DU only issues the guidelines and the exam question papers are set by the law faculty. And during the pandemic, they said that they would also be conducting the exams. When we got to know about the incident, we spoke to them and asked them to investigate. The law faculty stated that they have constituted a committee and will investigate the matter.”

Dean of law faculty Vandana did not respond to calls and messages by TOI.

One of the candidates said he was shocked to see the same set of questions and was unsure if he had to attempt the paper. He had seen last year’s paper while preparing for his exam